Persepolis Rising

The thirty year time jump threw me for a loop. It was difficult imagining Amos and Holden and Bobbie and Alex and Naomi in their fifties and sixties. Hell, wouldn't Amos be in his seventies? I'm pretty sure he's supposed to be fortyish in the earlier books.

And one of my first thoughts was ‘Oh shit, this means Avasarala is dead.' When she showed up I grinned with delight.

Besides the period of adjustment, I enjoyed the book thoroughly. I love how so many threads from previous books continue on in Persepolis rising, whether people or events. I love getting all the different perspectives, especially one from the enemy. Though, I did not like Singh. He was an indecisive, weak, brainwashed little jerk. Though I suppose everyone in Laconia has sipped the Kool Aid.

Duarte and Laconia are disturbing and I want to see him and it taken down. Why is there always someone who thinks he, and only he, knows what is best for the entire human race and is willing to do anything to achieve his absolute rule?

Anyway, I continue to love the core group of characters, even Clarissa. Her willingness to die for the group and her badass end almost made up for the suffering she endured. I know it was brought on by herself. But she grew and changed and that has to count for something.

The tension, as with the with the whole series, is wonderfully built up. There is a real sense of danger for our heroes.

And the science, the actual space stuff (not that I know anything about any of it) is fascinating and detailed. I've read that the science in the books is actually quite accurate. That makes it even more appealing.

I hope the group gets back together again. I hate seeing them separated. Naomi's pain broke my heart.

Until ‘Tiamat's Wrath' which I pre-ordered today......
















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